Medical decisions made in “best interest” of a developmentally-disabled young girl aim to fix the person, not the problem Nothing about Ashley is, or ever will be, fully realized. Not her size, which has been medically “attenuated” to keep her small and e ...

There were no major surprises and no local celebrities throwing their hats in the ring when the filing date for local elections came and went June 8. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s race created the most local attention and even there the story was ...

Is taxing bags next? Seattle Council member Richard Conlin wants the city’s garbage—preferably in a recycle bin as opposed to a landfill. Conlin is looking at actions to increase Seattle’s 44 percent recycling rate to 75 percent by 2015. Zero waste is the ...

On June 12, the United Way of King County announced a campaign to raise $25 million over the next two years to end chronic homeless in King County. The campaign would fund housing for as many as 1,000 chronically homeless people and will do so outside of ...

Click to view larger James Polk This weekend brought sad news to Real Change, when we were told that one of our vendors, James Davis Polk, had died. The cause of death, according to his sister, Juanita Mae, was a liver ailment. He had been staying with a ...

State agency to add 1,000 employees in an effort to trim ex-con recidivism It’s hard to start a new life with only the clothes on your back and a check for $40, especially if you can’t even cash it because you have no ID. That’s how most people leave pris ...

Homeless say death under freeway bridge didn’t have to happen Click to view larger After a death under the S. Massachusetts overpass, state Department of Transportation spokesman Doug MacDonald wonders whether the department is working well with police an ...

Club owners now have allies in fighting Mayor Nickels Seattle City Councilmembers are lining up against Mayor Greg Nickels nightlife proposal with renewed intensity. The proposal would require additional licenses for venues that serve alcohol and have liv ...

Click to view larger Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars playing Tuesday, 6/19 hursday 6/14 Director of the Nuclear Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and former Senior Policy Advisor to President Clinton, Robert Alvarez, hosts the forum: Nuc ...